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CCF Division of Computing and Communication Foundations |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 14, 2014 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 14, 2014 |
| Award Number: | 1442731 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
richard brown
CCF Division of Computing and Communication Foundations CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Start Date: | January 1, 2015 |
| End Date: | December 31, 2017 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $271,045.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $271,045.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
1000 JEFFERSON DR SW WASHINGTON DC US 20560-0008 (202)633-7110 |
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1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington DC US 20560-0008 |
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| NSF Program(s): | CyberSEES |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
This project will develop and study a proof-of-concept cyberinfrastructure to support effective distribution and use of data from citizen science, a form of collaboration engaging both volunteers and professionals in authentic scientific research, with integrated ecological and social science research to improve the system and demonstrate the utility of the data. Biodiversity data that document the degree of variation of life through species diversity, phenology, and geographic occurrence will be generated by science classrooms and delivered to scientists who need this data for sustainability research, enriching ongoing studies of invasive species, biodiversity, and climate science. Interviews and surveys will help identify and address scientific, social, and technological challenges associated with citizen science data sharing.
The research will result in: 1) new hands-on STEM learning opportunities in classrooms across the nation; 2) ecological research on sustainability in both professional research settings and in participating classrooms; and 3) insights into opportunities, challenges, and strategies for improving the distribution and use of citizen science data.
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Our project was an endeavor to study the accompanying social factors that enable the research and citizen science communities of data producers and consumers to exchange data more effectively. We developed a citizen science data distribution infrastructure called "Fresh Data" that connects multiple existing projects and archival biodiversity data. These data providers include citizen science platforms like iNaturalist, Reef Life Survey, and eMammal. We also index biodiversity occurrences from larger data providers such as GBIF, iDigBio and natural history museums. Users of Fresh Data can query these resources across taxonomic group, geographic location, time and traits. Uniquely, the service provides subscription updates to saved queries, providing notifcations to users of new observations of particular interest (e.g. monitoring for invasive species, range extensions, or phenology shifts). Fresh Data is being used by the EDDMaps Project to monitor in real time invasive species across North America.
We also partnered with data generators to produce exemplar data sets and to better understand motivation for citizen science engagement through training and outreach activities. Much of this centered around the use of inventorying entire communities within One Cubic Foot, or Biocubes. We worked with teachers and other educators at all levels to increase verifiable, reuseable citizen science biodiversity data.
Last Modified: 03/13/2018
Modified by: Christopher P Meyer
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